Monday, 29 June 2015

#ReadaPlayaWeek

#ReadaPlayaWeek

Having started in 2014, #ReadaPlayaWeek consists of the suggestion
of a play every Friday on Twitter. Of course, plays are meant to be seen not
read, primarily, but for those who cannot always make it to the theatre
#ReadaPlayaWeek offers a wide range of plays. Each week, some context and
performance information is given about the play as well as opinions of them.
This year, the aim has been to present more contemporary plays and a balance of
plays written by female and male playwrights.

We’re half way through the year, and thus far there have been
13 plays by men and 13 plays by women. In the next half of the year, we hope to
keep that balance up and present more plays from abroad. Feel free to make any
suggestions. Here are the suggestions so
far for #ReadaPlayaWeek 2015:

January

·Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg (1997).

·Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (1942).

·The Misanthrope by Martin Crimp (1966), after
Moliere (1666).

·The Dame of Sark by William Douglas Home (1974).

February

·Jumpy by April de Angeles (2011).

·That Face by Polly Stenham (2007).

·Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn (1975).

·Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (1988).

·Here by Michael Frayn (1993).

March

·Dinner by Moira Buffini (2002).

·Smack Family Robinson by Richard Bean (2003, revised 2013).

·Electra by Sophocles (C.405BC) in a version
by Frank McGuinness (1997).